Sometimes we go into a show not really having a clue what to talk about. This was one of those shows because over the last week the combined six member cast of AggroChat was not really playing that much game wise. However as is usually the case when we have no fixed topic… a whole bunch of them come out of the woodwork. Join us as we go through a bit of a topical whirlwind as we have the same exact sort of conversations we have when we are not recording. Side Note: At the request of the rest of the staff and several listeners... Bel has re-recorded the intro with less potato quality sound. It only took 149 episodes to actually do this.

We hurt the ones we love. This week we realize while talking about Zelda that when we talk about games on AggroChat we tend to often times dwell on the negative aspects. This has been true with FFXIV and World of Warcraft, and apparently also extremely true with Zelda. Last week I was the only one who had spent any time in Hyrule and this week both Kodra and Tam have as well. We get off on some odd tangents during the night, like a discussion at the start of the show about Gas Station Food. Largely however we talk Zelda, the Switch, and Amiibos. We also have some final thoughts discussion about Horizon Zero Dawn and Final Fantasy XV in a non-spoilery manner. We talk a bit about the upcoming Mass Effect Andromeda and our experiences with the limited time trial version of the game.

It always feels like we have a bunch of stuff to talk about the week after we record a game club show. This time is no difference given that a bunch of games released in the meantime… namely Horizon Zero Dawn and Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Grace has fallen into a deep Horizon shaped hole and various others have been playing it off and on as well. We talk about how the game is really good at making you feel competent. Similarly Belghast has been playing Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild… and talks about how that game is coming from a vastly different philosophy and is in turn good at making you feel weak and insignificant. We talk about our recent indoctrination into the world of Gundam building, and finish off the show with some Mario Maker discussion and namely Kaizo style level design.

Tonight we record probably our most odd AggroChat Game Club show. Namely because essentially we divided the show into two part. The first part is general impressions about the game and the second half is full spoiler discussion of the story. The reason why we drew this line in the sand… is because while Ashgar, Kodra and Tam finished the game, Belghast, Grace and Thalen are still very much enjoying the game at their own pace. In the end this was a game that was very different for each person playing it. So join us as we hash out our thoughts.